Latest headcount
13,000
YoY change
0.0%
Headcount CAGR
+12.5%
Revenue / employee
$1.4M
Employee count history for Steel Dynamics
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2002 | 869 |
| 2003 | 1,400 |
| 2004 | 1,645 |
| 2005 | 1,795 |
| 2006 | 3,490 |
| 2007 | 5,940 |
| 2008 | 6,650 |
| 2009 | 5,990 |
| 2010 | 6,180 |
| 2011 | 6,530 |
| 2012 | 6,670 |
| 2013 | 6,870 |
| 2014 | 7,780 |
| 2015 | 7,500 |
| 2016 | 7,695 |
| 2017 | 7,635 |
| 2018 | 8,200 |
| 2019 | 8,385 |
| 2020 | 9,625 |
| 2021 | 10,640 |
| 2022 | 12,060 |
| 2023 | 12,600 |
| 2024 | 13,000 |
| 2025 | 13,000 |
Revenue per employee for Steel Dynamics
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 2002 | $995K |
| 2003 | $705K |
| 2004 | $1.3M |
| 2005 | $1.22M |
| 2006 | $928K |
| 2007 | $738K |
| 2008 | $1.22M |
| 2009 | $661K |
| 2010 | $1.02M |
| 2011 | $1.22M |
| 2012 | $1.09M |
| 2013 | $1.07M |
| 2014 | $1.13M |
| 2015 | $1.01M |
| 2016 | $1.01M |
| 2017 | $1.25M |
| 2018 | $1.44M |
| 2019 | $1.25M |
| 2020 | $998K |
| 2021 | $1.73M |
| 2022 | $1.85M |
| 2023 | $1.49M |
| 2024 | $1.35M |
| 2025 | $1.4M |
Earnings per employee for Steel Dynamics
Annual net income divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars; years with a net loss dip below zero.
| Fiscal year | Earnings per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 2002 | $89.6K |
| 2003 | $33.7K |
| 2004 | $180K |
| 2005 | $124K |
| 2006 | $114K |
| 2007 | $66.4K |
| 2008 | $69.7K |
| 2009 | -$1.37K |
| 2010 | $22.8K |
| 2011 | $42.6K |
| 2012 | $24.5K |
| 2013 | $27.6K |
| 2014 | $20.2K |
| 2015 | -$17.4K |
| 2016 | $49.7K |
| 2017 | $106K |
| 2018 | $153K |
| 2019 | $80K |
| 2020 | $57.2K |
| 2021 | $302K |
| 2022 | $320K |
| 2023 | $195K |
| 2024 | $118K |
| 2025 | $91.2K |
Employee count history for Steel Dynamics (STLD)
Annual figures come from annual reports (10-K, or 20-F/40-F for foreign filers); interim rows reflect headcount disclosed in periodic filings. Year-over-year change compares each filing with the prior year's equivalent. Revenue and earnings per employee are annual figures normalized to US dollars.
- 202513,0000.0%
- 202413,000+3.2%
- 202312,600+4.5%
- 202212,060+13.3%
- 202110,640+10.5%
- 20209,625+14.8%
- 20198,385+2.3%
- 20188,200+7.4%
- 20177,635-0.8%
- 20167,695+2.6%
- 20157,500-3.6%
- 20147,780+13.2%
- 20136,870+3.0%
- 20126,670+2.1%
- 20116,530+5.7%
- 20106,180+3.2%
- 20095,990-9.9%
- 20086,650+12.0%
- 20075,940+70.2%
- 20063,490+94.4%
- 20051,795+9.1%
- 20041,645+17.5%
- 20031,400+61.1%
- 2002869—
- 2001676+3.7%
- 2000652+1.2%
- 1999644+27.3%
- 1998506+11.2%
- 1997455+40.0%
- 1996325—
About Steel Dynamics's employee count
Steel Dynamics (STLD) employed 13,000 people in fiscal year 2025, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount was unchanged from 13,000 a year earlier.
Across the 2002–2025 period, the company's reported workforce went from 869 to 13,000 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +12.5% per year.
Steel Dynamics generated about $1.4M of revenue and $91.2K of net income per employee in its latest annual period. Revenue and earnings per employee gauge how efficiently a company turns headcount into output, and are most telling when tracked over time or compared with peers in the same industry.
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